TCAP Review

What is the greenhouse effect?

• The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.

• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.

• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

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Green plants and algae make their own food through photosynthesis. What is photosynthesis?

• a cell process that uses energy from sunlight to convert water and oxygen into food

• a cell process that uses energy from sunlight to convert water and glucose into food

• a cell process that uses energy from sunlight to convert water and chlorophyll into food

• a cell process that uses energy from sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into food

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Plants absorb and store some of the energy in sunlight through a process called …

• Cellular respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Carbon Cycle

• Decomposer

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A mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth like a blanket.

• atmosphere

• troposphere

• ozone

• nitrogen

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The gas that makes up most of Earth’s atmosphere

• lifting

• troposphere

• wind funnel

• nitrogen

Earth's atmosphere is mostly made up of which 2 gases? CHOOSE 2!!!!!!

• nitrogen

• oxygen

• ozone

• water vapor

Earth's current atmosphere is

• 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.9% argon and 0.037% carbon dioxide

• 78% oxygen, 21%nitrogen, 0.9% argon, 0.037% carbon dioxide

• 78% nitrogen, 21% argon, 1% oxygen

• 78% oxygen, 21% nitrogen, 1% carbon dioxide

Which of the following is the best conclusion that can be made from this graph?

• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been decreasing since 1960

• Hawaii has a lot of carbon dioxide

• humans have been working hard to decrease carbon dioxide levels

• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased steadily since 1960

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Which of the following have been changed or altered due to climate change ?

• droughts

• flooding

• melting of polar ice caps

• all of the above

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The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is

• using public transportation and there by reduce the affects of greenhouse gases.

• burning fossil fuels

• texting on cellphones

• eating meat